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2026 Top 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes

What's the really "in" costume? What will my friends wear? How do I want to be seen by the other children? Do I want to be scary? Funny? Unique? A dinosaur? a fairy princess? A unicorn? A wizard, a vampire, a skeleton, a dragon. A fireman, the choices are almost endless!

We've gathered up the most. popular, and highly rated. costumes available on. short notice at good prices from your favorite online retailer and put them all below!

Top 15 Most Popular Costumes for 2026

The top five costumes for don't vary greatly from year to year - see the list below! Of course, we won't know for sure exactgly which order they will be in until after Hallpoween, but the list stays pretty consistent and you can see past years below.

For adults are a Batman character, a witch, and animal, a superhero, and a vampire.
Also popular are, for boys, Zombies, superheros, Star Wars and for girls Disney's Frozen characters, especially Princess Elena.

Top costumes last year, according to the National Retail Federation:

Top 10 Children's Costumes for 2026 based on last year

2023 Rank	Costume	Where to get it on Amazon
1	Barbie	Kids Barbie in a Box Costume \| Officially licensed from the Barbie Movie, Mattel. Even has a giant box as part of the costume. There is also an adult Ken costume (not many boys want to be Ken)
2	Spiderman	Spiderman - always popular with boys
3	Princess (generic)	Princess costume, Like in Frozen, light blue
4	Witch	Fairytale Witch Costume, Deluxe Set with Broom
5	Ghost	Ghost Halloween Costume - Non-scarey Ghost Costumes for Kids, Scary Halloween Costume for Boys, Toddler Ghost Costume for Halloween
6	Batman	Boy's DC Batman Costume - this is the Official DC Comics licensed costume, with padded muscle definition, attached gauntlets and boot-covers; belt, detachable cape, and mask included, for Boys, sizes small, medium and large.
7	Pumpkin	Kids Pumpkin costume with Basket for Toddler or Child up to age 10
8	Zombie	Zombie Halloween Costume - Zombie Costume for Kids, Scary Halloween Boys Zombie Costume, Monsters Costume for Halloween
9	Vampire	Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys - This Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys is quite nice, detailed, realistic Vampire Costume for Girls, Deluxe Gothic Victorian Vampiress Queen for Halloween or a Dress Up Party
10	Pirate	Pirate costume for Boys - This Pirate Costume has accessories Pirate Costume for Halloween or Cosplay, a Buccaneer Dress with hat, sword, eyepatch
11	Superman Superhero	Superman costume, with um, fake muscles
12	Character from Star Wars	Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Darth Vader, Princess Leia
13	Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man)	Iron man, Thor, Hulk
15	Animal (Dog, Cat, Bear from the movie, etc)	Animal costumes
Honorable mentions include Wednesday Addams, Dinosaur (a T-Rex, of course), Cowboy, Ninja and Wonder Woman

Top 10 Children's Costumes - Past Years

2022 Rank	Costume	2019 rank	2017 rank	Where to get
1	Spiderman	6	4	Spiderman
2	Princess (generic)	1	2	Princess costume, Like in Frozen, light blue
3	Witch	5	6	Fairytale Witch Costume, Deluxe Set with Broom
4	Ghost	8	9	Ghost Halloween Costume - Non-scarey Ghost Costumes for Kids, Scary Halloween Costume for Boys, Toddler Ghost Costume for Halloween
5	Batman	3	2	Boy's DC Batman Costume - this is the Official DC Comics licensed costume, with padded muscle definition, attached gauntlets and boot-covers; belt, detachable cape, and mask included, for Boys, sizes small, medium and large.
6	Pumpkin	NR	NR	Kids Pumpkin costume
7	Zombie	NR	NR	Zombie Halloween Costume - Zombie Costume for Kids, Scary Halloween Boys Zombie Costume, Monsters Costume for Halloween
8	Vampire	NR	NR	Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys - This Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys is quite nice, detailed, realistic Vampire Costume for Girls, Deluxe Gothic Victorian Vampiress Queen for Halloween or a Dress Up Party
9	Pirate	9	NR	Pirate costume for Boys - This Pirate Costume has accessories Pirate Costume for Halloween or Cosplay, a Buccaneer Dress with hat, sword, eyepatch
10	Superman Superhero	2	1	Superman costume, with um, fake muscles
NR	Character from Star Wars	4	5	Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Darth Vader, Princess Leia
NR	Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man)	7	7	Iron man, Thor, Hulk
NR	Disney Princess	10	8
NR	Animal (Dog, Cat, etc)	NR	3	Animal costumes
NR	Wonder Woman	NR	10

Top 10 Adult Costumes - Previous Years
2019 data		2017 rank	2015 rank
2019 Rank	Adult costume
1	Witch	1	8	Click here for this item on Amazon
2	Vampire	7	1	Click here for this item on Amazon Click here for this item on Amazon
3	Character from Batman	2	3	Click here for this item on Amazon
4	Pirate	4	8	Click here for this item on Amazon Click here for this item on Amazon
5	Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man)			Click here for this item on Amazon
6	DC superhero (excluding Batman, Wonderwoman, and Star Wars)	8	NR	Click here for this item on Amazon
7	Star Wars character	NR		Click here for this item on Amazon
8	Ghost			Click here for this item on Amazon Click here for this item on Amazon
9	Superhero (any of them)	6	5	Click here for this item on Amazon
10	Clown			Click here for this item on Amazon
NR	Villain from a Slasher Movie	9	NR
NR	Animal (Dog, Cat, etc)	3	2
NR	Wonder Woman	10	NR

Top 10 Pet Costumes - This Year and Previous Years
2019 Rank	Pets	2017 Rank
1	Pumpkin	1
2	Hot dog	2
3	Bumblebee	4
4	Devil	5
5	Cat	8
6	Dog	7 (tie)
7	Lion	7 (tie)
8	Character from a Star Wars movie	10
9	Superhero	9
10	Ghost	7
NR	Witch	9

2015's top costumes were very similar.

For comparison, here's the list from 2013:

Top Adult Costumes	Top Children's Costumes	Top Pet Costumes
1. Witch	1. Princess	1. Pumpkin
2. Batman character	2. Animal	2. Hot dog
3. Vampire	3. Batman character	3. (T) Cat
4. Zombie	4. Action/super hero	3. (T) Devil
5. Pirate	5. Spider-Man	4. Witch
6. Action/super hero	6. Witch	5. Superman
7. Superman	7. Zombie	6. Dog
8. Dracula	8. Disney princess	7. Bowties/fancy collar
9. Cat	9. Superman	8. Bee
10. Scary costume/mask	10. Fairy	9. (T) Batman
		9. (T) Vampire
		10. Ghost